News and Updates

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CADAC, Inc. and SaTL.org Form New Partnership
Call for Pictures and Graphics
MSDN Academic Alliance Program Provides Benefits to Member Schools
From the Practical to the Radical – Making a Difference with Educational Technology:

CADAC, Inc. and SaTL.org Form New Partnership

SaTL.org has recently formed a partnership with CADAC, Inc. CADAC offers low-cost used PC hardware and components (i.e. memory, hard drives, NIC's, VGA cards).

Over the past 18 months, several school districts have coordinated their efforts with CADAC, i.e. South Berkshire Regional School District and Barnstable High School.

Contact Carol Wilson at cwilson159@hotmail.com or 413 528 9991 to learn more about the equipment and pricing. CADAC WILL SHIP ALL PRODUCT, FREE OF CHARGE to schools registered with SaTL.org.

Call for Pictures and Graphics

SaTL.org is planning on conducting several promotional campaigns this year. As you all know, a picture is worth a million words – we’d love to be able to showcase student programs, and to do so with an added effect, we need high resolution images (digital, print, or slide) of kids doing SaTL-type activities. If anyone has anything that fits this description, we would greatly appreciate your sharing it with us. Please contact Marisa Hedlund at 617-783-9988x126 or mhedlund@massnetworks.org if you have anything to contribute.

MSDN Academic Alliance Program Provides Benefits to Member Schools

One of SaTL.org’s best friends and finest supporters, Microsoft, has proved again why we like them so much By forming the MSDN Academic Alliance, Microsoft has provided departmental licensing for their products at a very low cost to academic departments.

This program, designed specifically for school labs, faculty, and students, makes it easier and less expensive to get Microsoft developer tools, platforms, and servers for instructional and research purposes. The $799 annual fee (membership runs from July 1- June 30) provides members with the following benefits: a license amendment enabling departments to load multiple copies of products on lab machines; students are allowed to download the software to their personal computers , and latest releases of Visual Studio, .NET Enterprise Servers, all Microsoft operating systems, and Visio Professional. This is just a summary of the benefits – for complete details, including additional benefits and restrictions not listed here and to register for the Alliance, please visit http://www.msdnaa.net/whoweare.asp.

A Converge Magazine Making a Difference Workshop Series

Where: Tremont Hotel, 275 Tremont Street, Boston.
When: October 10, 2001, 9:00am – 12:00pm. Luncheon and Keynote Presentation occur 12:00-1:00.
Main presenters will be Bernard Percy, Editor in Chief of Converge Magazine and Dick Callahan, VP Education Strategy and Development, Gateway.

In the Converge tradition, this will be a very interactive, fun, and impacting workshop. Be prepared to be an active participant! You will leave with new or enhanced ideas of how to use and implement technology, meet “kindred spirits” and possibly find that person who has the answer to the question you have or the solution to the problem you need to be solved. More specifically, this workshop will explore ways to use technology to make a difference in the delivery of curriculum, to create partnerships, and to win over individuals, both colleagues and decision makers so they too become active supporters and participants in the use of technology.

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Students as Technology Leaders (SaTL)
Mass Networks Education Partnership
280 Lincoln St.
Allston, MA 02134
(617) 783-9988 (phone)
(617) 783-2090 (fax)
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